Tag: history
Move to suburbia offered a fresh start
A new era of lifestyle had opened and suburbia appeared to be the best solution to the nation’s housing problem, following World War II.
Pearl Harbor Day still not so long ago
Although Pearl Harbor is becoming farther removed from one generation to the next, for Judith Sutherland's parents, the infamous day was sharp and clear.
Morrill Acts created land-grant colleges
The land grant colleges teach agriculture, mechanics and military science. Learn how the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
The history of Arlington National Cemetery
Learn who owned Arlington before the Civil War and how it came to be known as Arlington National Cemetery.
McCormick’s reaper revolutionized farming
Find out how Cyrus H. McCormick developed the reaper and revolutionized grain farming in the 1800s.
Looking back on how it all got started
Sam Moore pens his last column, looking back on the very first Rusty Iron column he ever wrote in 1992.
Moving from horses to motorized vehicles
A tale of how Doctor Carlos Booth, a physician from Youngstown, Ohio, became the first physician in America to make house calls in a motor vehicle.
Malabar Farm commemorates barn raising
On the 25th anniversary of the barn raising, Malabar Farm Officials and Christian had a workshop to build another, smaller traditional timber frame.
Early 1900s: When the Navy ran a dairy farm
Did you know that for about 80 years, the United States Navy was in the dairy farm business, and for several decades even operated a hog farm?
Visiting the truck and tractor museum
Sam Moore recounts a recent visit to the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum just north of Petersburg, Virginia.
